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ll nn n n n n n 8/) RIS/2 VnlllllllIl E 1 m F INVENTOR. J'bH/v HNoon/mass #frozen/ers United States Patent Ont-ice 3,005,517 PatentedOct. 31, 1951 3,006,517 CLOTHES HANGER ATTACHMENT John H. Moorhonse,Clear Lake, Minn. Filed Nov. 5, 1959, Ser. No. 851,035 4 Claims. (Cl.223-91) This invention relates to an attachment for use in connectionwith an ordinary type of clothes hanger, such as a wire clothes hanger,to provide support for a garment hung thereon and to prevent such agarment from slipping on said hanger. Such a clothes hanger is cornmonlyused by clothes cleaning and pressing establishments.

It is common practice to place a paper guard over the cross bar orhanging bar of a clothes hanger, such as of a wire clothes hanger, toprovide more adequate snpport for a garment hung thereon, such as a pairof trousers, and to prevent creasing of such a garment. Such a paperguard provides more adequate support than does the bare clothes hangingbar of the hanger but such a support does not prevent slippage of thegarment off of the bar. Such a support, moreover, is completely coveredby the garment hung thereover preventing any indicia on said supportfrom being visible and having advertising value while the hanger is inuse.

Itis desirable to have some means in addition to such a supportingmember as a paper guard whereby a garment such as a pair of trousers maybe hung on a hanger without it being creased and Without having thetendency to slip off of the hanger.

It is an object therefore of this invention to provide an attachment tobe used in connection with a clothes hanger, such as a wire clotheshanger, to provide support for a garment being hung over the cross barof said hanger and to provide means to prevent slippage of said garment,and further to have a portion of said invention visible in operatingposition to have indicia such as advertising material present thereon.

It is another object of this invention to provide an attachment to beused in connection with a clothes hanger comprising a member ofrelatively rigid sheet material having a portion adapted to overlie thecross bar of said clothes hanger to provide adequate support for agarment to prevent creasing of said garment and a clamping bar extendingsubstantially the full length of said hanger adapted to overlie theouter side of said garment to hold said garment in position to preventits slippage.

It is a further object of this invention to provide an attachment foruse in connection with a clothes hanger comprising an elongatedsubstantially rectangular sheet of suitably rigid material adapted tohave a portion thereof reversely curved to overlie the cross bar of saidhanger and having a portion thereof depending from said cross bar andhaving a ap portion cut from said depending portion having one endconnected thereto and having its other end adapted to provide lockingengagement with the adjacent portion of said depending portion wherebysaid ap portion may be placed to overlie a garment hung over the crossbar of said hanger with the free end of said clamping portion beingreleasingly secured to the depending portion adjacent thereto.

It is still a further object of this invention to provide an attachmentfor use in connection with a clothes hanger comprising a portion adaptedto be slidingly secured to the cross bar of said hanger adjacent one endthereof, said portion having an elongated strip of narrow width forminga clamping member pivoted at one end thereto and a second portion ofsaid attachment on said cross bar spaced from said first portion havingmeans in connection therewith for releasingly engaging the free end ofsaid clamping member at certain different points thereon whereby agarment may be hung over said cross bar between said portions and saidportions may be adjusted to be adjacent either side of said garment andsaid clamping portion is adapted to overlie an outer side of saidgarment with the free end thereof adapted to be releasingly secured atcertain different points thereon to said second portion.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be fullyset forth in the following description made in connection with theaccompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer tosimilar parts throughout the several views and in which:

FIG. 1 is a view of applicants device in front elevation is operatingposition showing a portion of a garment hanging thereon;

FIG. 2 is a broken view in partial horizontal section taken on line 2-2of FIG. 1 as indicated by the arrows;

FIG. 3 is a View similar to that shown in FIG. 1 with a portion brokenaway showing a modiiication of applicants device;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary view in partial horizontal section taken on line4 4 or" FIG. 3 as indicated by the arrows;

FIG. 5 is a view in side elevation with a portion thereof broken awayshowing a modiication of applicants device;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary view in partial horizontal section taken on line6 6 of FIG. 5 as indicated by the arrows;

FIG. 7 is a view in side elevation with a portion broken away showing amodification of applicants device;

FIG. 8 is a blank shown in plan indicating a die cut of applicantsdevice as shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a blank indicating a die cut of appiicantsdevice as shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. l0 is a top plan view taken on line 10-10 of FIG. 7 as indicated bythe arrows;

FIG. ll is a view in vertical section taken on line 11-11 of FIG. l asindicated by the arrows;

FIG. 12 is a view in vertical section taken on line 12-12 of FIG. 5 asindicated by the arrows;

FIG. 13 is a view in vertical section taken on line 13-13 of FIG. 7 asindicated by the arrows;

FIG. 14 is a view in vertical section taken on line 14-14 of FIG. 7 asindicated by the arrows;

FIG. l5 is a view in front elevation of another modication of applicantsdevice indicating a portion of a garment disposed thereon;

FIG. 16 is a view in horizontal section taken on line 16-16 of FIG. 15as indicated by the arrows;

FIG. 17 is a view in front elevation of a portion of applicants device;and

FIG. 18 is `a view in vertical section taken on line 18-18 of FIG. 15 asindicated by the arrows.

Referring to the drawings land particularly to FIGS. 1, 2, and 8, aclothes hanger 10 is shown. Said clothes hanger having a cross bar 12 isan ordinary type of wire hanger such as is commonly used by dry cleaningand pressing establishments. In connection with said hanger 10 there isshown `a blank 13- which may be formed of any suitable sheet materialand it has been found that substantial rigid paper sheet material issuitable. Said blank 13 will have its upper portion 14 reversely curvedas along the dotted line 15 with said curved portion being disposed overthe cross bar 12 to provide a suitable supporting surface for a garmentsuch as garment 16 and has a sufciently rounded upper surface so thatsaid garment 16 will not become creased thereon. Said reversely curvedportion may be fastened as by staples 17. Said blank 13 will have adepending portion 13 at one side of said hanger as shown in FIG. 1. Diecut from said depending portion 18 along the line 20 is a strip clampingmember 21. Said clamping member 21 will be integral with said dependingportion 18 at one end thereof to have a hinged effect therewith and willhave a fastening means here shown in the form of a hook 22 at its freeend adapted for locking engagement `with the hook portion 23 formed inthe adjacent portion of said depending portion 18. Said blank 13` willbe formed of a sufficiently bendable material so that `member 21 may bebent outwardly to an open position to permit garment 16 to be drapedover the cross bar 12. Said clamping strip 21 is then returned to closedposition to overlie the garment and its free end will be 4lockinglyengaged with the hook portion 23. The garment will then be frictionallyengaged by the clamping portion 21 in connection with the dependingportion 18 along the line 20. There is suiiicient hold here to preventthe garment from slipping.

Indicia such as `advertising indicia 24 is preferably placed on saidclamping strip 21. Said clamping strip is well adapted for advertisingpurposes as it is exposed and clearly visible at such times as a garmentis draped over the cross bar of a hanger and thus contributes utility toapplicants invention which may inure to the benefit of whomever mayprovide the attachment such as a cleaning service.

With reference to FIGS. 3, 4, and 9, a modification of applicants deviceis shown in which a blank 25 is provided having an upper portion 26thereof adapted to be reversely curved along the line 27 to form aportion to be disposed over the cross bar 28 of which only a fragmentaryview is shown and this will be of a common and ordinary type of Wirehanger 29, such as hanger 10. Said reversely curved portion may besecured to the body portion of the blank 25, las by staples 30. Saidblank 25 will berdie cut along lines 32 and 33- to remove a triangularportion and form an elongated clamping strip 36 having a tongue 3-7 ofreduced width extending outwardly at its free end with a small hookportion being formed at the freel end of said tongue. Cut into the bodyof said blank 25 adjacent the end of the strip 36 are parallel slits 3-9through which the tongue 37 may be disposed, as indicated in FIGS. 3 and9, to form a holding means. When the clamping strip 36 is raised to haveits tongue portion 37 disposed through the slits 39, the hinged portion4t) of the strip 36 will buckle slightly as indicated in FIG. 3. As isseen, said clamping strip 36 is here shown die cut on a slant to providesuflioient length to have said tongue portion disposable through saidslits 39.

With reference to FIGS. and 6, another modification of applicants deviceis shown in which a blank 45 is provided similar to the blanks shown inFIGS. 8-9 having an upper reversely curved portion 46 disposed over thecross bar 47 of a hanger 48 and being secured as by staples 49. Aportion 50 of said blank 45 will depend somewhat below the cross bar 47.Adapted to overlie a lower longitudinal portion of said dependingportion 50 is a clamping strip 52 secured to said depending portion 50at one end thereof, as by rivets 53, and having at its free end anaperture 55. Adapted to be in alignment with said aperture 55 andsecured to said depending portion 50 is a button-like member 57 havingan enlarged head portion 58 to be disposed through said aperture 55 forremovably securing the free end of said clamping strip 52.

With reference to FIGS. 7, l0, 13 and 14, a clothes hanger 60 isindicated of the type similar to clothes hanger having a cross bar 61.Adapted to be disposed over said cross bar 61 adjacent one end thereofis a substantially cylindrical member 62. formed of a resilientmaterial, such 'as of plastic, having a bore 63 therethrough of smalltransverse dimension and having a radial slit 64 extending from saidbore to the periphery of said member 62. As indicated in FIG. 13, oneside of said member 62 will be somewhat flattened and extendingoutwardly therefrom the length of said bar 61 is a clamping strip 65having a plurality of apertures 66 longitudinally spaced along the freeend portion thereof.

Adapted to be mounted on said cross bar 61 adjacent its other end is acylindrical member 68 of substantially short length having -a bore 69therethrough of small transverse dimension and having a radial slit 7 0extending from said bore to the periphery thereof. Said bores 63 and 69Will be of such a size that when said members 62 and 68 are mounted onsaid cross bar 61 they will frictionally engage said cross bar. Saidmember 68 is prol vided with a substantially flat side 72. havingextending outwardly therefrom a button-like member 74 having an enlargedhead portion and a neck portion of reduced dimension adapted to bedisposed through any certain one of said apertures 66 to grippinglyengage the free end of said clamping strip 65 to hold the same in alocked position.

In use, said members 62 and 68 will be mounted on said cross bar 61 andit is seen that they are capable of sliding adjustment thereon to bepositioned certain different distances apart. They may be adjusted so asto abut either side of a garment '76 hung over said cross bar 61 andsaid clamping strip 65 is then positioned over an outer side of saidgarment and secured to said fastening member 74 for clamping saidgarment 76 in position against the cross bar 61 to prevent it fromslipping off of said cross bar.

Referring to FIGS. 15-18, another modication of applicants device isshown in connection with a clothes hanger 75 having a cross bar portion75a. A blank 85 is provided similar to said blank 13 having a reverselycurved portion 77 disposed over the cross bar 75a and secured inposition by fastening means 79 Shown here in the form of staples.Although this specific structure is here indicated, there is embodiedwithin the applicants invention the concept of having said blank 85disposed over cross bar 75a to have equal portions at either sidethereof and having identical construction at either side thereof.

Said blank 85 has a depending portion 78 extending substantially thefull length of the hanger 75, and adapted to overlie said dependingportion is a clamping strip 81 secured at one end thereof as by a staple80 to adjacent one end portion of said depending portion 78, and havingadjacent its other end extending upwardly from its lower edge portion aplurality of open-ended slots 82. At the other end portion of saiddepending portion 78 is a plurality of slits 84 through one of which maybe conveniently disposed the free end portion of said clamping strip 81with one of said slots 82 being disposed in said slit to releasinglyhold in operating position the free end portion of said strip 8:1.

Thus in operation a garment 83 will be hung on hanger 75 folded over thecross bar 75a and overlying applicants blank whereby said clamping strip81 will be disposed about the outer side of said garment with the freeend of said strip 81 being disposed through one of the slits 84depending on the width of the garment 83 to releasingly hold saidgarment securely on said hanger. The bulk of the garment will determinewhich of the slots will engage said slit. If desired, said strip 81 maybe disposed at either side of said blank 85 to provide a holding meansfor either side of a garment.

Thus is is seen that I have provided a very simply constructedattachment for an ordinary type of clothes hanger whereby garments suchas trousers hung over the cross bar of such a hanger are held securelyin position as to prevent any tendency of the garment to slip olf of thecross bar.

It will of course be understood that various changes may be made in theform, details, arrangement and proportions of the parts, withoutdeparting from the scope of applicants invention, which, generallystated, consists in a device capable of carrying out the objects aboveset forth, in the parts and combinations of parts disclosed and definedin the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A garment clamping attachment for use in connection with a clotheshanger having a cross bar comprising a substantially rectangular memberof stiffened sheet material having a Width substantially the length ofsaid cross bar, one end portion of said member being reversely foldedover said cross bar, the remaining portion of said member depending fromsaid cross bar, a transversely extending flap portion being struck fromsaid depending portion and having one end integral with said dependingportion and having its other end free and formed inwardly of theadjacent side of said depending portion, and means formed in saidadjacent side of said depending portion for locking engagement with saidfree end portion of said flap.

2. The structure set forth in claim 1, the free end portion of said iiapportion and said means in said adjacent depending portion being formedas inter-engaging hook portions.

3. A garment clamping attachment for use in connection With a clotheshanger having a cross bar comprising a substantially rectangular memberof stiiened sheet material having a Width substantially the length ofsaid cross bar, one end portion of said member being reversely foldedover said cross bar, the remaining portion of said member depending fromsaid cross bar, a longitudinally extending ap portion having one endintegral With said depending portion and being struck therefrom at adownwardly extending angle with relation to the lower edge portion ofsaid depending portion whereby a flap portion is formed having a lengthgreater than the width of said depending portion, a hook formed at thefree end of said Hap portion, a slit formed. in said depending portionin horizontal alignment With the secured end of said ap portion forengagement with the free end of said flap portion to form a transverselyextending clamping member to be disposed at the outer side of a garmenthung on the cross bar of said hanger.

4. A garment clamping attachment for use in connection with a clotheshanger having a cross bar comprising a member formed of an elongatedsheet of stiiened material having a Width substantially the Width ofsaid cross bar, said member having a portion reversely curved to bedisposed over said cross lbar for forming a hanger guard thereover, theremaining portion of said member depending from said cross bar, a flapof greater length than the Width of said depending portion extendingthereacross having one end integral with said depending portion at oneside thereof, a plurality of downwardly extending open-ended slots atthe free end of said liap, and a slit in said depending portion adjacentits other side for engagement With the free end of said iiap arrangedand constructed to receive one of said slots therein to removably securethe free end of said flap.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 638,959Copeland Dec. 12, 1899 1,111,472 Kruszewski Sept. 22, 1914 1,638,375Stutz Aug. 9, 1927 1,665,983 Rose Apr. 10, 1928 2,370,436 Zimmerman Feb.27, 1945 2,420,742 Erran May 20, 1947

